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Foothill High School FFA parliamentary procedure team demonstrates contest skills for Kern County board
Summary
Foothill High School—s FFA novice parliamentary procedure team and coach Sierra Hawksworth demonstrated a competitive parliamentary meeting before the Kern County Board, showing rapid formal debate and motions under Roberts Rules; trustees praised the students and the program—s preparation.
The Kern County Board of Education hosted the Foothill High School FFA Novice Parliamentary Procedure Team and their coach, Sierra Hawksworth, for a demonstration of competitive parliamentary procedure.
Trustee (unnamed in transcript) introduced the students and the coach, and Hawksworth explained the contest rules: teams receive an unfamiliar motion and have limited time to move required subsidiary and privileged motions, debate multiple times and demonstrate application of Robert—s Rules of Order. Team members named during the demonstration included Arissa Macias (chair), Sarah Algon (chair 1), Jasmine Umanzor (chair 2), Jonathan Lopez (chair 3), Nathan Moctezuma (chair 4), and Brian Barriga (chair 5). The group completed rapid rounds of motions, amendments and debate and handled procedural points, division calls and voting under timed conditions.
During the demonstration students debated a main motion to create an Ag Teachers Appreciation Day, moved an amendment to time the event during National FFA Week (the amendment failed), dealt with a motion to postpone indefinitely and later a motion to postpone to the next regular meeting, and ultimately passed the original motion. The team was judged on the speed and correctness of motions and debate procedures; board members complimented the students on speaking skills and meeting efficiency.
Board members noted the team—s pace and professionalism and one trustee quipped about adopting their pace for board meetings. The students were congratulated and board members said they looked forward to seeing them on boards in the future.
